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South Africa: Mobilizing the Youth for Communism

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SOUTH AFRICA—The following is a discussion among four comrades about focusing on mobilizing the youth for communism.
“I think that we should focus more on the youth. They are the ones who would create the pace for change and they are starting to realize that the system that is in place is not really bringing solutions. They know that instead it is creating problems. Whether or not they know it is capitalism, that’s what it is.
 “There’s no real solution other than fighting for communism. I think we should focus more on that. Especially the youth are the ones who do not relate to the ANC (African National Congress) and all those political parties. That’s why parties like the EFF (Economic Freedom Fighters) are so popular. It is our responsibility to engage with youth and talk with them and realize that we are the ones capable of changing the world. We must fight for that internationally.”
“We should concentrate more on mobilizing the masses during the student strike, especially with those things happening that we see on the news, like varsity students being shot by the police with rubber bullets because they were striking. I think we should concentrate more on those days when they demonstrate; we should mobilize them at the same time.”
“Yes, we need to focus more on the youth, judging from the incidents that happened during the elections. Yes, the ANC did lose some very important provinces and it’s quite a chance for us to mobilize more masses towards 2019 because they are not going to be more firm in the next election in 2019 than they were before. So its our chance to mobilize more.
“We should target the people who are no longer with the ANC and can see that there’s a need for change. They just need to see the right political line, the struggle for communism.”
“The youth will be the ones who decide which party wins in 2019. Even the youth league of the South African Communist Party (SACP) wants the SACP to contest the election. So if the ANC doesn’t give the SACP the option to contest the election, the youth will no longer support the ANC. So my view is to approach the youth with communism.”

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